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How much did farmers in Chambers County receive in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021?

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Farms in Chambers County received $455,590 in taxpayer-funded subsidies in 2021, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Of the 128 subsidies provided, the largest was for Gillenwaters Logging, Inc., which received $50,875 for the claim of "Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program".

The smallest subsidy provided to a Chambers County farmer was $50 to Harris Lake Smith III.

There were 255 fewer subsidies than the year before, and the total value of the subsidies fell by $788,128.

Kimberly Amadeo of The Balance said farmer subsidies "help high-income corporations, not poor rural farmers. Most of the money goes toward large agribusinesses."

USDA data analyzed by the Cato Institute found that "farmers (on net) have derived almost 40% of their income directly from the U.S. government” in recent years.

The U.S. has provided farm subsidies since the Great Depression to assist farmers who weather price fluctuations and disasters to help maintain consistent farming across the country.

Subsidies Received by Chambers County Code Farmers in 2021
Farmer$ ReceivedReason for SubsidyTotal Received in Subsidies by Farmer ($)
Gillenwaters Logging, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Jeff Dodgen Logging, Inc.$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Southeast Alabama Timber Harvesting, LLC$50,875Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Robert M. Lee$34,238Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$34,238
Kite Trucking, LLC$18,689Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$20,689
George W. Robinson II$17,631Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$27,603
Fred Kendrick$15,592Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$45,265
Jack E. Robertson$13,867Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$13,867
George W. Robinson II$9,972Livestock Indemnity Program - Payments$27,603
Fred Kendrick$9,751Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
Jody Robertson$9,378Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$10,818
Jimmy S. Collins$9,029Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$9,029
Charles V. Burton$7,692Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,692
Tucker Brothers, LLC$7,403Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,403
Fred Kendrick$7,223Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
David M. Keeble$6,372Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,372
Phil Slay$6,055Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$6,055
Buddy Burton$5,783Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$7,023
Jim Collins$5,674Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$5,674
Fred Kendrick$5,394Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
David L Fell$5,293Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$7,293
Louie C. Hinkle$5,077Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$5,077
Fred Kendrick$3,867Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$45,265
Vance M. Anthony$3,056Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,056
John Maples$3,050Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,050
Barbara P. King$3,014Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$3,014
Mike Teel$2,893Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,893
William W. Whorton$2,737Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,737
Graywood Farms, Inc.$2,541Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$2,541
Vicki H Noordermeer$2,218Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
David L Fell$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$7,293
Gillenwaters Logging, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Jeff Dodgen Logging, Inc.$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Southeast Alabama Timber Harvesting, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$52,875
Kite Trucking, LLC$2,000Pandemic Assistance for Timber Harvesters and Haulers Program$20,689
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,994Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Aurelia S. Benton$1,961Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,961
Billy M. Langley$1,849Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,849
Fred Kendrick$1,840Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,712Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,702Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Richard T. Sims$1,669Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,669
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,587Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Bobby V. Kendrick$1,491Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,491
Jody Robertson$1,440Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$10,818
Robert C. Sims Jr.$1,415Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,415
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,398Trade Mitigation Program/Market Facilitation Program 2019 - Livestock Program$18,293
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,362Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Kevin Hart$1,360Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$1,889
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,341Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,336Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Buddy Burton$1,240Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$7,023
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,232Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Jimbo Robinson$1,160Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,160
Kyle B. Jackson$1,160Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,160
Vicki H Noordermeer$1,143Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Douglas Ray Fuller$1,072Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,072
Jimmy B. Lee$1,042Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,042
Joshua E. Keebler$1,017Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,017
William Thomas Edwards III$1,001Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,001
Fred Kendrick$987Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
Joe Ellis Rudd$975Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$975
Leigh Mcculloh Andress$954Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$954
Michael Andress$954Conservation Reserve Program Payment - Annual Rental$954
H. mac Langley$953Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$953
Kennard P. Dossman$940Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$940
Douglas H. Edmondson$914Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$914
John C. Newman$894Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$894
Austin Wesley Harmon$890Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$890
William Christopher Sellers$888Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$888
Wayne N. White$854Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$854
Marie R. Daniel$817Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$817
David B. Ruffin$779Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$779
Linda Ann Welch$765Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$765
Charles C. Austin Jr.$755Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$755
Scott Wilson$743Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$743
Charles S. Davis Jr.$688Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$688
Big Oak Farms, LLC$657Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$657
John C. Holderfield$644Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$644
Kenneth Lee Brown$636Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$636
Herman Lee Rice Jr.$625Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$625
Calvin Milford Jr.$622Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$622
William F. Kendrick Jr.$606Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$606
Ernest W. Woody Jr.$599Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$599
Susan Mann Mitcham$598Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$598
Charlie L. Burton$592Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$592
Jacob T. Meigs$563Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$563
Wendell T. Null$550Coronavirus Food Assistance Program - Continuation of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act$550
Meadows Farm$538Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$538
Shirley B. Yarbrough$526Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$526
Stanley T. Tucker$518Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$518
Vicki H Noordermeer$510Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
George Jason Allen$501Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$501
Eugene C. Blair$472Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$472
James Gerald Allen$456Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$456
William B. Lamb Jr.$449Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$449
Larry J. Teel$443Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$443
Richard Dick D. Conway Jr.$426Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$426
Danny L. Edmondson$414Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$414
Stanley L. Fuller$412Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$412
Guy Richard Slay$409Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$409
Kevin Hart$388Price Loss Coverage Program$1,889
Vicki H Noordermeer$381Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
James William Lashley$380Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$380
Barry Bass$380Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$380
Vicki H Noordermeer$375Dairy Margin Coverage Program$18,293
Mose Allen Tucker Jr.$363Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$363
Samuel L. Bradford$340Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$340
Fred Kendrick$316Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
Robert Loyce Griffith$306Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$306
Justin Hendricks$305Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$305
Fred Kendrick$295Price Loss Coverage Program$45,265
Walter G. Allen$293Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$293
Steven Lynn Booker$292Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$292
Jeremy Lamar Earl$284Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$284
Phil Blackburn$231Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$231
Justin R. Holloway$208Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$208
Caleb Thomas Gregory$207Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$207
Phillip V. Wood Sr.$204Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$204
Forrest S. Thomas$189Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$189
Joshua Lee Howard$166Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$166
Kevin Hart$141Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$1,889
Jeffrey D. Daniel Sr.$77Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$77
Walter Stanley Newton$69Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$69
Harris Lake Smith III$68Price Loss Coverage Program$118
Calvin U. Veal$63Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$63
Michele Aultman$63Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Livestock and Poultry$63
Harris Lake Smith III$50Coronavirus Food Assistance Program 3 - Targeted Assistance for Specific Commodities$118

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